Hazal Kaya
| Hazal Kaya | |
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| Born |
Leyla Hazal Kaya 1 October 1990 Istanbul, Turkey |
| Residence | Istanbul, Turkey |
| Nationality | Turkish |
| Education | Liceo Italiano di Istanbul |
| Alma mater | Istanbul Bilgi University |
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| Years active | 2006–present |
| Website | hazalkaya |
Leyla Hazal Kaya (born 1 October 1990) is a Turkish actress and model.
Kaya was born in Istanbul, Turkey. She attended Gaziosmanpaşa elementary school and she graduated in 2009 from the Liceo Italiano di Istanbul. She went to Istanbul Bilgi University for her university. She is currently continuing her studies in Istanbul. Her parents who are both lawyers divorced when she was 7 years old. She was introduced to the art and acting world at a very young age, as a child she took ballet and violin lessons for 7 years. Kaya speaks Italian, and English fluently in addition to her native language Turkish. Currently she is learning her fourth language German.
Kaya started her acting career with TV series Genco. She played Özge (Gülay Erkaya). In 2008, Kaya played Nihal Ziyagil in a modern-day adaptation of Aşk-ı Memnu. Kaya played in the first two seasons of TV series titled Adını Feriha Koydum as Feriha Yılmaz Sarrafoğlu (2011). She played the role of a porter's daughter trapped between two lives that falls in love with the most popular student at her university, a rich and handsome boy Emir Sarrafoğlu (Çağatay Ulusoy). The series had one of the highest TV ratings in Turkey. In late 2012, she starred in a new series called Son Yaz Balkanlar 1912 and appeared in the 2013 series A.Ş.K. Kaya is set to star in İtirazım Var, a film directed by Onur Ünlü. Since 2015 she has appeared in Maral: En Güzel Hikayem. She played Maral Erdem. Hazal Kaya is one of Turkey's highest-paid actresses.
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